I have two teenage sons, and they're both surviving, thriving, and having a great time, and they're always on social media..

Every president, Democratic or Republican, simply works on the supposition that it's better to keep jobs in America than let them go to Mexico..

I'm not a pacifist. I think the suffering of innocent people can be a catalyst for moral action. But empathy puts too much weight on the scale in fav….

Stories turn anonymous strangers into people who matter..

Because of empathy, stories of the suffering of one person could lead us into a war that could kill millions of people..

I am never going to write about dogs again. You can write about Islam, you can write about sexuality, but no, not dogs..

You might argue on utilitarian grounds that the best way for the world to work is for everybody to take care of themselves first. And people have mad….

What I mean by "empathy" is putting yourself in other people's shoes, feeling what they feel..

Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats..

It has been a period where people have been far nicer to one another in every possible way. I'm not saying it's because we're dropping our empathy th….

Some people think that without that spark of empathy we would do nothing, but that's just flat-out wrong. You could feel compassion for somebody with….

Individuals differ in how empathic they are. Some people would really flinch if they watched me hitting my hand with a hammer, and other people would….

When people want to inspire you to turn against some group of people, they'll often use empathy..

People differ in where they direct their empathy and their compassion. Many people are intensely concerned about the suffering of non-human animals, ….

The fact that something can be used for good isn't necessarily a knockdown argument for it..

The irrationality of disgust suggests it is unreliable as a source of moral insight. There may be good arguments against gay marriage, partial-birth ….